{"product_id":"beautiful-trauma-a-journey-of-discovery-in-science-and-healing-9781783785902","title":"Beautiful Trauma: A Journey of Discovery in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate one night, Rebecca Fogg's hand is partially amputated in an explosion in her flat.  Quick thinking saves her life, but the journey to recovery is a slow one.  As the doctors rebuild her hand, Rebecca (who also survived 9\/11) rebuilds her sense of self by studying the physical and psychological process of recovery.   Interspersing the personal with the medical, Rebecca charts her year of rehabilitation, touching on the marvellously adaptable anatomy of the hand; how the brain's fight or flight mechanism suppresses conscious thought so we can react instantly to danger; and why trauma causes some people to develop PTSD, while giving others a whole new lease of life.  Told with great emotional and intellectual clarity, BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA explores the resilient nature of the human spirit and the power we all hold in our hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cheering, upbeat story of recovery from life-threatening injury; Beautiful Trauma frames healing as a dance of acceptance and readjustment, of effort and reward, as well as  the exploration of new possibilities.  Fogg's journey back to health is an inspiration -- Gavin Francis\u003cbr\u003eA powerful account of the human capacity for healing. It speaks to the deep reservoir of resilience in all of us -- Dr Anna Lembke, bestselling author of Dopamine Nation\u003cbr\u003eCaptivating and insightful, Beautiful Trauma will have you rapt from the very first page. An extraordinary celebration of the human spirit - [it] will stay with you long after you turn the final page -- Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me\u003cbr\u003eA compelling story of gain from loss.  It describes Fogg's personal quest to understand the objective basis of her physical and subjective torment, and how, using introspection and science, she emerged as a new person -- Joseph LeDoux, author of The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains\u003cbr\u003eA celebration of the adaptability of the body and the resilience of the mind. Fogg has retained her awe of the human experience, despite it all, and the result is a truly special book' -- Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book of grace and hope.  Grace in the recovery from pain and fear, and hope in the acceptance of a new, fascinating life -- Dr Emily Mayhew, author of Wounded","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412087611735,"sku":"9781783785902","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783785902.jpg?v=1730515618","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beautiful-trauma-a-journey-of-discovery-in-science-and-healing-9781783785902","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}